title: "News & Stories — Caspian Coast Coffee · Venice, Los Angeles"
description: "Press, blogs, partnerships and community stories from Caspian Coast Coffee — a Persian café in Venice, Los Angeles. Read about our murals, our roaster, our bakers, and the culture we carry west."
url: https://caspiancoast.com/news/
language: en-US
alternate: https://caspiancoast.com/news/fa/
site: Caspian Coast Coffee
updated: 2026-11-11

Stories from the Coast

What people say about us, what we write ourselves, and the partnerships that make Caspian Coast what it is.

![As war returns to Iran, an Iranian American artist turns an LA café into a sanctuary of memory and culture](https://caspiancoast.com/img/news-press-mural.jpg)

Press

### As war returns to Iran, an Iranian American artist turns an LA café into a sanctuary of memory and culture

Caspian Coast Coffee creates a diasporic bridge between the Caspian Sea and LA as Iranian Americans grapple with conflict and longing for a freer homeland.

March 12, 2026 [Read →](https://lapublicpress.org/2026/03/la-iran-war-artist-coffee-venice/)

![Exploring Life & Business with Rahi Manavi of Caspian Coast Coffee](https://caspiancoast.com/img/hero-interior.jpg)

Press

### Exploring Life & Business with Rahi Manavi of Caspian Coast Coffee

Voyage LA sits down with Rahi Manavi to explore the story behind Caspian Coast Coffee — from family heritage and a homeland left behind to building a Persian café on Main Street in Venice.

December 31, 2025 [Read →](https://voyagela.com/interview/exploring-life-business-with-rahi-manavi-of-caspian-coast-coffee/)

![Why We Chose Sightglass: The Coffee Behind Caspian Coast](https://caspiancoast.com/img/cups-trio.jpg)

Partners

### Why We Chose Sightglass: The Coffee Behind Caspian Coast

Every cup at Caspian Coast starts with a bean roasted in Los Angeles by one of the best in the business. Here's the story of how we found Sightglass Coffee — and why they're the only roaster we trust.

May 31, 2026 [Read →](https://caspiancoast.com/news/blog-sightglass-partnership/)

![Baked in LA, Rooted in Iran: Our Partnership with Kouzeh Bakery](https://caspiancoast.com/img/news-kouzeh.jpg)

Partners

### Baked in LA, Rooted in Iran: Our Partnership with Kouzeh Bakery

When Sahar Shomali of Kouzeh Bakery first brought a tray of saffron-kissed barbari through our doors, we knew we'd found our bakery partner. Here's the story of how authentic Persian bread found a home at Caspian Coast.

June 7, 2026 [Read →](https://caspiancoast.com/news/blog-kouzeh-partnership/)

![The Artist Behind Our Walls: Parisa Parnian and the Murals of Caspian Coast](https://caspiancoast.com/img/mural.jpg)

Art

### The Artist Behind Our Walls: Parisa Parnian and the Murals of Caspian Coast

Two murals. Nearly 12 feet tall. A Peykan, a sofreh, a surfboard with a paisley pattern, and the phrase 'Woman, Life, Freedom.' Parisa Parnian — known as the Savage Muse — painted the soul of Caspian Coast Coffee onto our walls.

June 14, 2026 [Read →](https://caspiancoast.com/news/blog-parisa-parnian-mural/)

![From Tehran to the Caspian Sea to Venice: The Coffee Culture That Made Caspian Coast](https://caspiancoast.com/img/nostalgia-radio.jpg)

Blog

### From Tehran to the Caspian Sea to Venice: The Coffee Culture That Made Caspian Coast

Long before Caspian Coast Coffee existed on Main Street, Venice, there was a road north from Tehran. There was a Caspian shoreline. There was a radio playing two stations. And there was coffee, always coffee — this is the culture that built us.

June 21, 2026 [Read →](https://caspiancoast.com/news/blog-coffee-culture-iran-venice/)

![Move Well, Sip Well: Caspian Coast Coffee x Sama Ghorbani](https://caspiancoast.com/img/news-sama.jpg)

Community

### Move Well, Sip Well: Caspian Coast Coffee x Sama Ghorbani

We teamed up with fitness and wellness creator Sama Ghorbani to build a drink that fuels your workout and your morning all at once — the Sama Special: a protein coffee that tastes nothing like a protein shake.

June 19, 2026 [Read →](https://caspiancoast.com/news/blog-sama-protein-coffee/)

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